In-year applications: school responsibilities

To make sure the In-Year application process runs as smoothly as possible, we need you to play your part.

Please make sure that:

• You update your attendance records on the School Access Module (SAM) as often as possible.
• Check your offers every week (ideally on a Wednesday) and let us know as soon as possible if there are any issues or if the offer cannot be made.
• Check all applications (ideally on a Monday or Tuesday) to verify any sibling/staff/feeder school claims.
• You contact the new parent/carer to arrange a start date for their child.

Please do not arrange any interviews or do your own screening or assessment of applications. The Admissions Code - GOV.UK (page 28) is clear that we cannot refuse to admit a child solely because:

• they have applied later than other applicants; 
• they are not of the faith of the school in the case of a school designated with a religious character;
• they have followed a different curriculum at their previous school; or
• information has not been received from their previous school.